Bone Thugs N Harmony's E. 1999 Eternal Album Anniversary

Bone Thugs N Harmony's E. 1999 Eternal Album Anniversary

E. 1999 Eternal went to number 1, selling over 330, 000 copies in its first week of release and subsequently becoming one of the bestselling rap albums of all time.

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Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique Album Anniversary

Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique Album Anniversary

Paul’s Boutique attained the status of a critically revered masterpiece.

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2 Live Crew's 2 Live Crew Is What We Are

2 Live Crew's 2 Live Crew Is What We Are

The 2 Live Crew's debut album, The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are, was released in 1986.

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Masta Ace's Take a Look Around Album Anniversary

Masta Ace's Take a Look Around Album Anniversary

Masta Ace released his acclaimed 1990 debut Take a Look Around on July 24th of that same year.

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Lil Wayne’s 500 Degreez Album Anniversary

Lil Wayne’s"500 Degreez" album got its name from Juvenile's multi-platinum album "400 Degreez" (1998). It was supposed to be the album that beat the sales record of Juvenile's, who left Cash Money earlier. The album sold 536,000 copies in U.S. and 900,000 copies worldwide.  

Carter began feuding with former Hot Boys member and Cash Money Records labelmate Juvenile in 2002, after Juvenile took offense to Carter naming his third studio album 500 Degreez, a diss aimed towards Juvenile whose last album was named 400 Degreez. Juvenile responded with a diss track on his 2002 album 600 Degreez, titled "A Hoe". The two squashed their beef for a short period in 2004, with Carter and Birdman appearing in the music video for Juvenile and Soulja Slim's song, Slow Motion. Read more about Lil Wayne here.

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Jean Grae's Attack of the Attacking Things Album Anniversary

Jean Grae's Attack of the Attacking Things Album Anniversary

Natural Resource dissolved in 1998, after which Ibrahim changed her stage name from What? What? to Jean Grae, a reference to the X-Men character Jean Grey. Under her new moniker, she released her first LP—Attack of the Attacking Things in 2002.

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Main Source's Breaking Atoms Album Anniversary

Main Source's Breaking Atoms Album Anniversary

Main Source was founded in 1989. The group's first album, Breaking Atoms, released in July 1991.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Homebase Album Anniversary

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Homebase Album Anniversary

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air boosted his profile, and pocketbook, giving him the leverage to stage a comeback album, Homebase, in 1991.

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Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus Album Anniversary

Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus Album Anniversary

Founding members El-P and Mr. Len met when the latter was hired to perform as a DJ at the former's 18th birthday party. The two quickly became friends and formed Company Flow in 1993.

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La Chat's Da Hood Homegirl Album Anniversary

La Chat's Da Hood Homegirl Album Anniversary

La Chat released Da Hood Homegirl: Da Album on July 22, 2008.

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Cam'ron's Confessions of Fire Album Anniversary

Cam'ron's Confessions of Fire Album Anniversary

His debut album, Confessions of Fire, was released in July 1998 and included singles such as "3-5-7" (which was also featured in the movie Woo), and "Horse and Carriage" featuring Mase, which reached the R&B Top Ten.

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House of Pain's Self-Titled Debut Album Anniversary

House of Pain's Self-Titled Debut Album Anniversary

In 1992, they released their debut album House of Pain, subtitled Fine Malt Lyrics. Their first single "Jump Around" was a major hit.

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Cypress Hill's Black Sunday Album Anniversary

Cypress Hill's Black Sunday Album Anniversary

Black Sunday, the group’s second album, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in 1993, recording the highest Soundscan for a rap group up until that time.

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Coolio's It Takes A Thief Album Anniversary

Coolio's It Takes A Thief Album Anniversary

In 1994, Coolio signed to Tommy Boy Records and released his debut solo album It Takes a Thief.

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MC Eiht's We Come Strapped Album Anniversary

MC Eiht's We Come Strapped Album Anniversary

In 1994, MC Eiht debut solo album "We Come Strapped" featuring C.M.W. which was certified "Gold" after selling over 500,000 copies.

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Foxy Brown's Broken Silence Album Anniversary

Foxy Brown's Broken Silence Album Anniversary

On July 17, 2001, Foxy Brown released her third solo album, Broken Silence, after a yearlong delay. The critically acclaimed record debuted at number five on the Billboard charts, selling more than 130,000 in its first week.

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Boogie Down Productions' Edutainment Album Anniversary

Boogie Down Productions' Edutainment Album Anniversary

Edutainment is the fourth album from Boogie Down Productions.

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Missy Elliott's Supa Dupa Fly Album Anniversary

Missy Elliott's Supa Dupa Fly Album Anniversary

In the center of a busy period of making guest appearances and writing for other artists, Elliott's debut album, Supa Dupa Fly, was released in mid-1997; the success of its lead single "The Rain" led the album to be certified platinum.

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Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty Album Anniversary

Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty Album Anniversary

Hello Nasty by rap rock group Beastie Boys, was released on July 14, 1998.

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Too Short's Shorty the Pimp Album Anniversary

Too Short's Shorty the Pimp Album Anniversary

Something of a departure, especially for an artist previously as one-dimensional as Too $hort, arrived with 1992’s Shorty The Pimp.

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